Cryptocurrency

Rooney purchased Vera Bradley stock and options using material, nonpublic information that he obtained from a senior employee of Vera Bradley (the “Vera Bradley Executive”), ...

FINRA still wants to hear if your firm has any current or planned activities tied to digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and other virtual coins and ...

Questions have swirled in the industry around the application of the federal securities laws and FINRA rules regarding the custody of digital asset securities. In ...

RELEASE Number 7965-19 July 10, 2019 Federal Court Permanently Enjoins Defendants and Orders Them to Pay Penalties and Restitution for Bitcoin Solicitation Fraud, Impersonating a ...

The Commission’s complaint alleged that Payton committed insider trading by trading on material, nonpublic information that he received in breach of a duty regarding the ...

The Complaint specifically alleges that since at least May 1 through October 31, 2017, the defendants used a website and accounts at popular social media ...

One of the biggest obstacles preventing investment advisers from investing in FinTech and digital currencies is a familiar nemesis: the custody rule. “It’s mind bogging ...

The setting was Rome, home to an ancient empire, where CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo brought up the “new futurism” and the challenges presented by ...

We at the CFTC believe in the power of markets to be the best determinate of the value of technology-driven innovation.

One issue that I would like to see the Division of Investment Management add to its agenda is the marketplace’s interest in gaining exposure to ...